Book-form bank



B. F. GREER.

BOOK FORM BANK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 21, 391B.

1 357,774, I Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

INVENTOR B, F. G'FFEE'F? Wi la Arrow 5V5 BUTLER F. GREER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BOOK-FORM BANK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Application filed February 21, 1918. Serial No. 218,473.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, BUTLER F. GREEK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco,

State of California, have invented a new and useful Book-Form Bank, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to small safes or savings banks usually made to simulate books.

An object of the invention is to provide a book form bank of improved and cheap construction.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a book form bank of such construction that bracing members within the case are eliminated.

The invention possesses other advantageous features, some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth at length in the following description where I shall outline in full, that form of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification.

Referring to said drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the case without its covering and closure.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the closure.

Fig. 3 is a section through the bank taken on the inside of one cover.

The bank consists of two parts, a case and a closure. The case is made of a single sheet of metal bent into the form of a book, having opposing covers 2 and a back 3. The opposing covers of the case are not connected or secured together except by the back 3, thereby eliminating all braces and struts which are usually interposed between the covers to hold them properly spaced and to impart rigidity to the structure. Rigidity of structure and proper spacing of the covers is obtained in my bank, by the closure and the novel means of securing it to the covers.

Along the marginal edges of the covers at spaced points, sections of the metal are partially struck from the covers to form tongues 4 which lie on the inside of the covers and which are bent to lie substantially parallel to the covers. These tongues, a plurality of which are preferably formed along each edge, form c annels with the covers which 0 en outward and which are adapted to receive the closure.

The closure 5 consists of an inwardlyflanged or channeled sheet metal strip, shaped to correspond to the rectangular outline of the edges of the cover. The flanges 6 fit into the pockets or channels formed by the tongues, thereby holding the closure in place and rigidly holding and spacing the covers. The closure comprises the bottom, top and front elements 7, 8, 9 which respectively close the bottom, top and front openings of the space between the covers. The bottom element 7 is hinged to the lower end of the front element 9 so that it forms a gate which may be swung open when it is desired to empty the bank of its contents. The gate is normally held in closed position by the key-operated latch 12 which engages-under the shoulders on the plate 13 secured to the back 3 at its lower end. The hinged joint between the front element 9 of the closure and the gate 7 is covered by a guard plate 14 formed integral with the front element and provided with a lip 15 on its lower end which underlies the hinged end of the gate, thereby concealing and protecting the hinge.

The top element 8 of the closure is provided with a slot 16 for the insertion of coins into the bank and the slot is rotected in any usual manner to prevent t c withdrawal of coins therethrough. At the upper end of the back 3 a section of metal is stamped inward, forming a bridge 17, and the end of the top element is provided with a tongue 18 which is inserted under the bridge and then bent over, to lock the top member in place. At the lower front corner of each cover, an ear 19 facing toward the back is struck inwardly from the cover, and the front member 9 is provided at its lower end with tongues 21 which engage under the ears, thereby locking the lower end of the front member in position. In assembling the bank, these tongues 21 are first slipped under the cars 19, then the front member and to member are pressed inward to seat their flanges under the tongues 4 and to slide the tongue 18 down behind the bridge, and then the tongue 18 is bent over. The closure is thereby firmly locked in position and braces and separates the covers. The gate 7 is then closed and the closure cannot be removed.

The case is usually covered with leather 22 or similar material, so that the bank simulates a book, and the inner marginal edges 23 of the covering extend under the tongues 4, Where they are partly held in place by the flanges of the closure.

1 claim:

A book-form bank comprising a sheet metal case having two parallel sides and a back connecting the sides along one edge, inwardly-stamped tongues arranged adjacent the remaining edges of the sides, a closure arranged between the remaining edges, flanges on said closure engaging said tongues, ears formed on the inner surfaces of said sides, tongues on said closure engaging said ears, a bridge stamped from said back and a tongue on said closure seating behind said bridge.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at San Francisco, California, this 8th day of February, 1918.

BUTLER F. GREER.

In presence of- H. G. PROST. 

